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Published: July 21st 2010
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After getting off the train in Venice, we could tell already that things were going to be hectic. It's never the easiest thing when our hotel isn't in walking distance. Having no idea that we were supposed to buy tickets ahead of time, we just jumped on a bus and gave the driver a piece of paper that had our hotel name and address on it. The driver obviously knew we had no clue what was going on, so he didn't stress on us not having a ticket. He also spoke to me in Italian the entire way there....I'd like to think it was a good conversation. The driver even went as far as to stop the bus a few times, wave down other buses, and ask them where our hotel was... Even though our hotel misplaced our reservation, things worked out and our first impression of Italians was pretty good considering how helpful and generous they were.
We quickly made our way to "downtown" Venice and were blown away on how much it seemed like we just went through a time warp! We immediately gratified ourselves with the quintessential pizza, wine, and gelato!!! It was an obvious decision to
not pay the money to drink wine at a table near a canal when we could just buy a bottle and sit on the canal...gangsta.
The next day we relaxingly hunted down the typical tourist stops on the main island. For the first time in the trip we were starting to experience some warm temperatures and AMERICAN tourists! They're easy to spot...just look for the 500 lb. fat-body with a glittery American flag hat. Oh shit, we're American tourists...
More pizza, more gelato, more wine...we continue to gorge, cause we're Americans.
We arrive in Florence! After walking around for awhile and finally finding the original Michelangelo's David, we noticed it was closed on this particular day....poo. We did see the Duomo which was most excellent and later enjoyed "Italy's Got Talent" on TV for the third time.
We go to Naples! I thought the chaos was awesome because it reminded me of Tijuana and Bangkok, and was less touristy. Somehow we managed to find Da Michele's and had the MOST AMAZING PIZZA we've ever had...of course, we're in Naples. Oh, whilst waiting in line, me and a few other men got molested by a mental old lady...she
tweaked my nipples.
After Naples, we decided to join the elderly couples on a romantic getaway and head to Sorrento! The buses fly around the corners up the hill to our hotel, and by the time we went to Positano and back, we definitely found it harder to fight the nausea. Pompeii was creepy and interesting...didn't make it to Mt. Vesuvius.
On the way to our final destination, Rome, we thought of stopping in Naples again to score some pizza, but decided it wasn't worth the effort. It was almost impossible to find directions to our hotel and the train station was chaos...I was pretty close to fighting several dudes with purple shirts, popped collars, and girl's sunglasses. The next day we ventured out to see the sights ,and lucky for us, it was a weekend AND a holiday, so shit was pure chaos everywhere! However, most sights were 1 Euro for the holiday, but the Vatican Museum was closed, so no Sistine Chapel...Megan was bummed...I guess we'll just have to Google it along with the David. We really wanted to check out the Catacombs, but we could not find a bus to take us there so we
douchebag tourists
We forget our American flag jumpsuits. just started walking. After about a 5 mile hike we made it! It was super rad, but unfortunately there were no zombies. Some more sight-seeing the next day, more wine, gelato, pizza, and some cannoli. By this point, our patience was wearing thin being around so many people, but we loved Italy!
Our trip comes to an end, Europe was rad! Next time, western Europe and the UK!
Au revoir Pee Wee!
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